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UNITED STATES PATENT. OEEICE.

EDWIN EDELBERT HATHEVAY OF ORISKANY FALLS, NEV YORK.

.WAGON-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,265, dated September 29, 1883,

Application filed June 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. HATHEWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oriskany Falls, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vagon-Gears; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure I of the drawings isa representation of a plan view. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view. Fig. 3 is a front elevation. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional detail. A

My invention has relation towagon-gears; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the clairn.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the frontpaxle, and B the rear axle, each of which are bent or curved downwardly intermediately of their ends, in order to place the reach C sufliciently far below the body of the wagon to prevent contact of thetwo when the springs yield under a load as the vehicle is drawn over the road. The reach C is braced from the rear axle, B, by brace-rods D D, which are iiattened where they are secured to the sides of the reach,and extend along the front end of the reach. Y

A top iron, E, and a bottom iron, F, each having an eye, G, at its forward end, through which a vertical bolt, H, is passed to secure the forward end ofthe reach, is secured to the reach by bolts in the usual manner.

Clipped to the front axle at its middle is a double bearing, I, comprising an upper and a lower bearing-plate, I I2, between which an eye-plate, I3, on the front end ofthe reach enters, and through this eye-plate I3 the bolt H also passes and completes the joint at this point.

The springs K L M N are half-elliptical in form, and are placed in pairs one on each side of each axle, and are connected to bearingirons O, clipped to the axles :near the shoulders of the journals. The ends of the springs are provided with eyes l?, which are slipped upon the ends of the bearing-irons O, and are secured in place by nuts O. t

Y A double head-block, Q, rests on the two front springs, and is secured there by the bolts Q', that secure the annular plate Q2 to place on the head blocks. An annular bearingplate, R, is secured/to the under face of thedouble bolster R by a clip, R2, anda king-bolt, R3, passes down through the bolster Itand the plates Q2 and R, and provides the swivel upon which the front axle turns to permit the vehicle to be turned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In arunning-gear, the combination,with the front and rear axles, of the reach having the` perforated extension, the irons E andF, the plates I and I2, and bolts for connecting the same, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` EDWIN EDELBERT Il.\'lHElWAY` Witnesses:

H. .I CowLEs, LEWIS F. FEET. 

